Northern Ireland: Great Britain trade checks removed under deal to restore Stormont devolution
Routine post-Brexit checks on goods shipped from Great Britain to final destinations in Northern Ireland are to be removed as part of a Government deal to restore powersharing at Stormont.
A command paper titled "Safeguarding The Union" commits to replacing the current green lane process, which requires percentages of goods to be checked as they arrive from Great Britain, with a "UK internal market system" that will govern the movement of goods that will remain within the United Kingdom.
DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has hailed the move as a key concession that will effectively scrap the contentious so-called Irish Sea border for goods destined to remain within the UK.
"There should not be a border within the UK internal market. These proposals remove that border," he said.
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